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Technical Director (Electrical)

  • Location: Birmingham
  • Salary: Competitive
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted almost 3 years ago

  • Sector: Advanced Facilities
  • Contact: Duncan Lowe
  • Contact Email: dlowe@nrl.co.uk
  • Contact Phone: 01483 400 486
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Expiry Date: 13 May 2021
  • Job Ref: 1035515

NRL are recruiting for a Technical Director to work on a permanent basis with one of our clients in Birmingham, an expanding international M&E consultancy.


Role Responsibilities:
  • Specifies and develops applications of controls, instruments and operating system for all building engineering services purposes
  • Assists the Directors with Business strategy and management
  • Team Management and leadership roles
  • Cost and project diagnosis of projects
  • Ensures the return of target margins of projects
  • Liaising with future and existing clients to create and uphold relationships
  • Represents Company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams
  • Carries out engineering calculations to ensure drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards
  • Hands on involvement in local office management in conjunction with other members of the senior management team
  • Support clients in tender and procurement of MEP contractors and MEP equipment.
  • Representation of company at technical meetings with customers, professional teams and contractors teams
  • Carries out engineering calculations to ensure drawings meet required robust industry and legal standards
  • Hands on involvement in local office management in conjunction with other members of the senior management team
  • Support clients in tender and procurement of MEP contractors and MEP equipment.
  • Leads on the coordination of engineering services, together with hands on delivery of concept and details designs
  • Ensures risk and performance monitoring analysis takes place through effective systems of internal control and delegation
  • Mentoring and development of younger members of the engineering team
  • Production of technical white papers to promote technical capabilities
  • Hands on involvement in the sector management team in conjunction with other members of the team
  • Surveys and due diligence reports of existing data centres
  • Presenting technical papers at industry events where the opportunity arises
  • Takes a holistic view in the selection and application of engineering concepts and solutions
  • Support the delivery of projects in accordance with the expectations of the Project Delivery Process from a Project Management, Financial Management, QA/QC and Technical Review perspective
 

What you will need:
  • Experience of mission critical projects
  • Ability to prioritise workload and work to deadlines
  • Leadership & mentoring skills
  • BSc/BEng in appropriate engineering discipline/BEng General Building Services or have sufficient equivalent experience
  • MCIBSE/MIEE or HND/HNC + appropriate experience or equivalent
  • Chartered Eng status
  • Experience of data centre or other mission critical projects
  • Significant experience of specification design for a range of building types
  • Experience of having managed projects abroad (desirable)
  • Sound knowledge & working application of key health and safety issues and legislation
  • Appreciation & working knowledge of contract and business law
  • Knowledge of MS office applications word, excel etc
  • Flexible and self-motivational approach to work
  • Ability to use it based calculation and spreadsheet software
  • Good understanding of bs standards/ UK regulations/codes
  • Experience and understanding of invoicing and credit control
  • Presentation skills
  • Background in consulting or construction preferred.
  • Good understanding of international working and business operations of a global consultancy.
  • Act in an ethical manner and follow the principles of the Ethics Charter and Ethics in Practice Guidelines of the Group
What is in it for you:
  • Opportunity to work in an exciting and rapidly expanding company
  • Competitive salary
  • Long contract